Overview
- U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the administration does not expect to finish reworking the North American trade pact by the July 1 review.
- Greer said the U.S. may start the pact’s exit track to keep negotiations going, a process that moves USMCA into annual reviews for up to a decade.
- He said he must notify Congress of the administration’s intentions by June 1, a required step ahead of the formal review.
- Greer expects to preserve the agreement’s main pillars and negotiate two separate protocols with Mexico and Canada to address distinct issues in each relationship.
- He cited President Donald Trump’s dissatisfaction with a surge of auto imports from Mexico and increased steel and aluminum shipments from both neighbors as key drivers for change.